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@hkmquis As I've been told several times before, it boils down to a matter of trust. Do you trust Opera OR do you trust 1Password? If they are advising against Opera then you've going to have to make a decision. For my part, I love the Opera of old and cannot bring myself to fully trust the Opera under Chinese ownership. Call me paranoid, but that is where my level of trust comes into play. You have to make your own decision as Leo will undoubtedly advise you.
In a Tech Radar review, the author wrote the following:
"Some find it troubling that in 2016, Opera was sold to a Chinese consortium. The country’s tech companies have been in the news in the past for controversial privacy policy and data sharing issues. That said, Opera does claim to allow you to disable certain data collection processes in settings... If privacy is your priority or you have sensitive data that you need to keep safe, Opera probably isn’t the best choice. Otherwise, there are a number of tools and settings that will keep you reasonably protected while browsing with Opera.
Two questions: 1) What are these tools and settings to keep us safe while browsing? 2) How would one go about disabling this data collection?
@leocg Thanks. Well, that's very unfortunate. I guess I'll bookmark Ecosia and use it just as I would a popular bookmark. I don't understand why pre-defined engines should be limited but I guess it is what it is. Thanks for the information, Leo.
@dunjineer It's very unfortunate that you have left before others could possibly help you find a way to resolve this. I entirely agree with you regarding Facebook which is a blight on our civilization. Both my wife and I removed our accounts a few years back and we're so glad we did. None of my immediate family retains a FB account at this point so the fact that Opera is now trying to foist it on you is ridiculous. I don't know whether you are still around but hopefully Leo or someone else (Burnout? treego? Blackbird?) will be able to find a solution. And please, don't go to Firefox. Try Vivaldi if you're determined to leave Opera.
@giacomorutili I'm not sure if this is what you mean but this is what I've done. Go into the settings and then go to Advanced, Shortcuts and Configure shortcuts. Scroll down to Sidebar and make your own shortcut. I made mine s. Now when I click on s the sidebar toggles on or off.
@passenger-chi It isn't worth anything in terms of the OP issue. He needs to define what "isn't working" means before a resolution can be found. Simply saying that you don't have a problem means nothing.